St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18

the casual remarks which led to the mistake
this is intended to correct, had reference to
our past when we were the township of West
st. Paul and in an unprotected condition.
NOTES.
j. +. Cabana, who lives at the corner of
Congress and Bancroft streets, fell down on
Fairfield avenue yesterday afternoon stricken
with heart disease. He was taken to his
home, and at late hour yesterday was re-
ported to be doing fairly we'll
The children in the Catholic schools were
given holiday yesterday in honor of ST. Pat
rick's day. Appropriate services were also
held in the Catholic church.
The Choral union met last night at Ger
mania hall and rehearsed the cantata, "Dan-
lei, which it will present on the Gath and 25th.
The daily Lenten services at the Church of
the Ascension, on Clinton avenue, conducted
by Rev. Mr. Yarnae, are largely attended
the social to have been given this evening
by the Young Peoples club, of Westminster
church, West st. Paul, has been postponed
for two weeks.
A number of West St. Paul business men
participated in the st. Patricks day observ-
ances on the East side yesterday.
A 4-year-old boy named BERTHE Sloan fell on
the sidewalk on Dakota avenue yesterday aud
sprained his wrist.
The Seroggns quartette, of the East side.
will serenade number of their West ST. Paul
friends tonight.
A very enjoyable hop was given at the
opera house last night. Nearly 100 couples
were present,
All the BARRIERS on the West side close their
shops on Sunday.
WHEN THE ICE GOES OUT.
M. N. kellogg Says the River will
He Cleared Before April 1.-The
Record for Thirty Years.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Will you please inform me through the COL
umns OF your paper what is the average time
the ice moves out of the river at this point.
A SUBSCRIBER.
NJ. n, Kellogg. the well-known weather
prophet, says that the ice in the Mississippi
river will break up between March 25 and
81, and that the first boat can come up the
river by April ID. Mr.. Kellogg has kept a
record of the closing and opening of the
river the first arrival of boats, etc., since
1914, and his collection of facts contains
many points of interest as indicating the
length of the winters here On Jan. l,
1877, the river was open and the citizens of
this city enjoyed a steamboat excursion to
Fort Smelling. The anchor ice was thick,
however, and on the return the boat got
stuck at the upper levee, was frozen in and
remained all winter with ner head down
NH, as MI. kellogS says. Inc river closed
that night. That spring the river opened
Feb. 20, making the shortest winter on rec
ord. The earliest that any boat has ever
arrived was on March 25, 1858. the Gray
Eagle, Capt. Harris. The latest date at
which the river has been open was April
Is, 1857. The earliest date the river has
closed was Nov. Is, 1852, and the same in
1888, while the latest was Jan. /. 1887.
The average date at which the river has
become closed fer the season is Dec. /, an d
the average date of opening is between
March % and April 1, making four months
as the average that the river is not naviga-
BILE by leasOn of the ice. Last year the
river opened March 26 and the first boat ar
rived April II.